The Sun. — London, England, 1864-05-04 00:00:00

great political letter-writer. He has given us a clever novel, in no way unworthy of his reputation, I but one in no way calculated to enhance the c3le brity already acquired by the vigorous pen of "Manhattan.' LAW INTELLIGENCE—This Days COURT OF DIVORCE. (Before the Judge Ordinary.) COUSEN V. COUSEN. This was a petition presented by the wife, pray ing for dissolution of marriage cn the ground of cruelty and adultery. The parties were married at St. James's, Piece. dilly, and for some time after they resided with the father of the respondent, who was an extensive farmer in Yorkshire. In 1562 the petitioner was at Scarborough, and the respondent at this time was guilty of great neglect of his wife. Sinc e th at time she had been dangerously ill from nervous fever, and was too ill to attend the trial. Her de position was read. A domestic in the service of the brother of the respondent said she had frequently seen the re spondent make free with one of her fellow servants, Ellen Walker, and on one occasion she saw them under such circumstances that left no doubt as to an improper intimacy. She also said the respondent treated his wife with great unkindness, although he did it with the appearance 9f kindness. Ellen Walmer also had seen the respondent guilty of improper conduct with Ellen Walker. Dr. S wabey offered no defence. The Judge Ordinary said he should consult the authorities whether the conduct of the respondent amounted to cruelty, and he should require further evidence to show that the petitioner was unable to attend. Judgment deferred. STENT V. STENT. This case for dissolution of marriage instituted by the wife against the husband. The respondent married the petitioner at the age of 17, and after that he went to China, and re mained there some time. Ho neglected his wife while he was away and on his return, and finally he went to Ramsgate, where he lived in profligacy with another female. Rale nisi with costs. MONEY MARKET AND COMMERCIAL INTELLIGENCE, CITY, TWELVE O'CLOCK. In the general discount market there is still a very active demand, and the rates show undi minished stringency. When the mercantile en gagements now due are paid up the inquiry may slacken, but there are no indications of a subsidence at present. A large amount of business is reported in the discount office of the Bank, and in the Stock Exchange loans are in request at full quotations. The amount of specie taken out by the Syria, which left to-day for India and China, was £152,773. The subscription lists of the Albert Insurance Company, and the Eastern Exchange Bank close on Saturday next. A meeting of the shareholders of the War rant Banking Company was held to-day, for the purpose of confirming resolutions for changing the name of the institution to the Warrant Finance Company—Mr A. D. Depass in the chair. The previous minutes having been unanimously adopted, the business of the meeting was concluded. A special meeting of the shareholders of the London Bank of Scotland was also held to-day-- Mr W. W. Cargill, M.P., in the chair. A resolu tion was proposed and carries, that the capital of the company be increased by the creation of 10,000 new shares of £lOO each, to be issued pro rata to present shareholders at a premium not exceeding £4 each. A circular has been issued by the directors of the Oriental Bank, stating that they have received the sanction of the Treasury to increase the capital of the corporation to £1,500,000 by as issue of new shares of £25 each. It is proposed to allot these shares at the price of £45 per share, being a pre mium of £2O to the proprietors whose names shall appear on the register on the 20th inst., in the pro portion of one in six, i. e., one-sixth of a share for every share then held. Payments are to be made as follows: £lO on June 15, £lO on Sept. 1, and £25 on Dec. 31. Discount at the rate of 5 per cent. is to be allowed on prepayment, and the new issue will participate in the dividend for the six months ending June 30, 1865. The prospectus of the Ta.vistock Iron Works and Steel Ordnance Company (Limited) is issued, with a proposed capital of £200,000, of which oneshalf is first proposed to be issued in 5,000 shares of £2O each—Xl to be paid on application, and £2 on allotment ; the future calls, made at intervals of two months, up to £10; which sum, it is at present estimated, will be all that will be required, The company has been established with a view to carry out on a large scale the manufacture of Bessemer's and other patents, to construct steel ordnance, and, in fact, the manufacture of iron and steel for all kinds of machinery and all purposes. For this end the directors have entered into an agreement with Messrs. QM and Co. for the entire purchase of their long-established, extensive, and valuable works at Tavistock. The purchase includes several Important patent rights, contracts, &e., among which are Crease's Pneumatic Tunnelling Engines and the Blakely guns, which patents and contracts alone, 'the directors are of opinion, will at once pro duce a remunerative dividend for any investments. The directors advert to the increased uses to which steel is now applied, and the large profits to be realised by the improved method of its manufac ture, and are of opinion that a sure, large, and re munerative business may be done. One half the shares of the first issue have been already subscribed for. The names of the directors will inspire every confidence in the development of the objects of the company. They are all gentlemen well and favour ably known as eminently respectable, and, what is Inure, they are all thoroughly practical men. The share list of the Bonelli Electric Company is announced to close on the 7th instant for London, but, in consequence of some important provincial nep,otiations pending, the list will not be closed for tb e provinces baron the 14th, A very ingenious contrivance has been patented by Mr. Tent, of Birchin-lane, City, by which the troublesome operation of hanging windows and beds with drapery is quite simplified, by means of a patent curtain hook, which is so made that the folds of the curtain are in a second secured by one side of the hook, and the other side is ready for its place on the cornice or on the pole. Nothing can he more simple or expeditious for the purpose than t'aie useful invention of Mr. Tent ; they are withal -retnarkably cheap, Two O'CLOCK. Business recommenced this morning in the market fete Consols amidst considerable depression, and prices soon gave way 4 per cent. This additional declin e , however, brought in a few buyers, an d a rally of Z- per cent. has ensued; the present quota tions, therefore, are 90;3 t- for transfer and the sth inst., and 91i for the June account. Affairs appear very unsettled. Tee New Threes are 87Z 884, the Th ree per Cents. Reduced 888 -2., Annuities wiper Cent s . 14 1. March Exchequer Bills, 8s to 15a s., end June 92 4s dis. Indian 5 per Cents. 1048 105 , and the Debentures 98i. The Foreign Market opened with a very fiat a ppeara n ce , and a decided decline was apparent all round, but a partial recovery has since occurred, and there is very little business in progress. Turkish 6 per Cents., 1862, are 701 711 ; ditto Co nsolid 63 ) 51 - 1 - ; Mezio it 1 die. n,43 ; ditto N ew L oan Russian S , 1- ; Greek, 23 I. ; Spanish P ass i ve, 34 ; crip, 1 prem. ; Swedish Scrip, y 1 prem. ; and tho Confederat e L oan, 65 67. TLe operations in the Railway Share Market have been of a very restricted character, and the few bargains reported exhibit a further d ec li ne i n Prices. Metropolitan have receded £2, Great Western, £l, Midland and South Eastern, each 155.; and Lancashire and Yorkshire, and Brighton, 108. The Foreign and Colonial lines are also in very limited requcst at barely previous quotations. Bank and Miscellaneous Shares have in most instances shown a further fall in value. British American Exchange, however, have advanced to 33 34; Imperial Bank realise 40; European, 121 ; Alliance, 59 62; London and County, 64; Union of London, 55 57; Hudson' Bay Company, 181 19; National Discount Company, 1347 and Egyptian Trading Company, 44 1. The following are the current quotations of some of the principal new undertakings :—lnter. national Land Credit, 1 , 1 2 prem.; Telegraph Con struction, 18 7-, prem. ; Provincial Banking, I 1 prem.; Sabloniere Hotel, 1 11 prem. ; and North Australian Company, 1 11 prom. BRITISH FUNDS—ONE O'CLOCK. GOVERNMENT FUNDS. 3 per Cent. Consols Ditto Account, May 5 per Cent. Reduced New 3 per Cent New 21 per Cent. Jan. 1891.... .. Ditto 5 per Cent., Jan. 1873 — Annuities, 30 yrs, expire sth Jan., P3BO — Ditto for 30 yrs, expire sth April, 1885 l4l Ditto (Red Sea Telegraph), Aug. 1908 2Ol I March. June. Exchequer Bills, £l,OOO, 21 & 3 per Cent Bl5 9 4 dis Ditto £5OO Ditto £lOO and £2OO Bank England Stk, 41 per Ct. Ditto Account.. INDIAN GOVERNMENT SECURITIES. India StoCh, 101 per Cent., April 1874 217 Ditto 5 per Cent. July, 1570 Ditto Account.... — Ditto 4 per Cent., Oct,- 1888 — Do Certificates Ditto Enfaced Paper, 4 per Cent — Ditto 5 per Cent,, Jan. 1872 .. Ditto 51 per Cent., May, 1879 — Ditto Debentures, 4 per Ct., April 1561 Ditto ditto Aug., 1866 981 Ditto Sends £l,OOO Ditto under £l,OOO FOREIGN FUNDS—ONE O'CLOCK. Austrian Bonds, 5 per Cent .. Ditto 1859 Brazilian 5 per Cent Ditto 41 per Cent., 1852-58-60 Ditto 1863 — Buenos Ayres 6 per Cent Ditto Account — Shilian 6 per Cent. — Ditto 41 pes Cent — Colombian 6 per Cent 76± Cuba, 6 per Cent. Danish 3 per Cent., 1825 Equador New Consolidated, 1 per Cent — Egyptian 7 per Cent lOll Ditto, Second Issue Greek 5 per Cent., 1824-5, ex-Coupons — Ditto Account .. ..... -.. • 23 i 22 Ditto Coupons lO/ Ditto Account — Guatemala 5 per Cent. Ditto, 1839 and 1859 Italian 5 per Cent.(Maremmana Railway) 731 Mexican 3 per Cent .... Ditto Account [Cori& Imperial 5 per Cent New Granada 3O Ditto 2 per Cent. Ditto Deterred Ditto Land Warrants (Ilectares) — PJruvian 41 per Cent .. Ditto Account ~.› — Ditto 3 per Cent. (Uribarren) — Ditto 41 per Cent., 1862 Dittos Account Portuguese 8 per Cent., 1353 Ditto Account • • Ditto 3 per Cent., 1856, '7, '9, '6O, 62,'3 —' Ditto Account Ditto Scrip (1863) £3O paid • • Pm Russian 5 per Cent., 1822, £ St — Ditto 41 per Cent., 1850 .. Ditto 3 per Cent 1859 Ditto 5 per Cent, 1862 B4l Sardinian 5 per Cent -- Ditto Account — Spanish 3 per Cent Ditto Account Ditto New Deferred Ditto Account — Ditto Passive Ditto Account Spanish Cert. of Coup not funded — Ditto Account .. 111 Swedish, 4 per Cent — Turkish. 6 per Cent. 1854 — Ditto Account — Ditto 6 per Cent. 1858 Ditto Account — Ditto, £lOO Bonds Ditto 6 per Cent. 1862 Ditto Account .. 711 701 Ditto £lOO Bonds.. 7l 701 Ditto 1863 Ditto Guaranteed, 4 per Cent — Venezuela 3 per Cent. Ditto Account — Ditto 6 per Cent., 1852 Ditto Account Ditto 11 per Cent Dividends on the above payable in Lond Austrian, 5 per Cent,. Ex. 10 Florins. Belgian 41 per Cent., Ex. 25f Dutch 2i per Cent., Ex. 12 Guil Ditto 4 per Cent. Certificates Italian, 5 per Cent., 1861, Ex. 25 francs — Ditto Account TWO O'CLOCK. Consols Money 008. Ditto Account, June 9li POLICE INTELLIGENCE—This Days MARLBOROUGH-STREET. COMMITTAL WITHOUT A FINE FOR WIFE BEATING. —Frederick Hodges, a working jeweller, living at No. 16, Phoenix-street, Crown-street, Soho, was charged with assulting his wife, Emily Hodges. The complainant, who was decently attired, and had an infant in her arms, said—The prisoner is my husband. He is a working jeweller, but has done no work for some time, having been laid up far four months. Yesterday he spent a half-crown, which I had received for some work I had done. 1 told him that I wanted the money for the house, and he then knocked me down and knelt upon my chest, and beat me about the eyes several times. I screamed out and assistance came. My husband is always knocking me about, and once before I took a warrant out against him, but because I did not appear against him in consequence of his promising not to assault me again, he is always throw ing it in my face, Mr. John Albert Smith, stationer, 39, Upper Rathbone place, said—l was passing through Phoenix-street last night when I heard cries of "Murder" and " Take away the knife." I saw a door open and rushed into a room, where I found the man with his shirt torn, and the female streaming with blood. I went for a constable, and on re turning with one (Searey, 104 F) I found the man being held by a friend. The wife then gave her husband into custody. The prisoner —I was compelled to strike my wife to mako her release her grasp. Mr. Tyrwhitt—Did tho prisoner complain of his wife assaulting him. Mr. Smith—He seemed in such a state of intoxication at the time that ho was not capable of giving any account of it. Mr. Tyrwhitt—l shall commit the prisoner for three months' hard labour. A GENTLEMAN CHARGED 'WITH ASSAULT.--David Colin Campbell, staying at the Great Western Hotel, Paddington was charged before Mr. Tyrwhitt with assaulting John Shackleford, porter, at 226., Piccadilly; The complainant said the defendant came to his em ployer's house, a refreshment house, about half Test 12 last night, and wished to be admitted, but in consequence of the defendant being tipsy, and having been informed that he had broken several articles at another house and been turned out the previous night, he refused to admit him. The de fendant persisted on entering, and overpowered him, and gave him a blow in the eye. He then gave the defendant into custody. The defendant said he had no questions to ask the com plainant. He was intoxicated at the time. Mr Tyrwhitt fined the defendant 10s, or seven days' Ina. prisonment in default, WESTMINSTER. DISGRACEFUL CONDUCT JUSTLY PuNisiTED..—George Webb, a very respectable-looking young man, was charged with being drunk and incapable of taking care of himself, and violently assaulting the police in the execution of their duty. Michael Money, 64 V, said that at half-past ten on the previous evening he was on duty in Gurtler-grove, Fulham road, and saw the defendant driving furiously down the grove in the direction of a large sewer that was open, and fearing some accident might happen, called to defendant to stop, but he continued to drive at the same pace, witness pursuing him as fast as possible, and calling out " danger." On reaching the bottom of the grove witness caught the horse's head, just as be had broken two lamps placed to show the repairs that were going on, and knocked down some boards and barricades, and was about to fall into the sewer, Defendant then got oat of the van and catching witness by the back of the neck assaulted him and threw him down. Witness then took him into custody when he struggled and kicked violently, used very bad language, and a sergeant corning, up he was taken into custody. Sergeant John Large, 35 V, said he was at his house at the time of this affair and came out in time to see the con stable prevent the horse falling into the sewer. Witness got his coat and when he came out again saw defendant and the constable on the ground. He went to assist the con stable, and defendant kicked at him, and in warding off a kick aimed at his person, received it on his thumb, putting it out of joint, and causing it to swell so. Defendant was very violent, but was ultimately got to the station. Defendant admitted the charge, and said he was very sorry. He supposed he was asleep when he drove down the grove. Mr, Arnold, after animadverting on his conduct, com mitted him to 10 days imprisonment in the House of Cor rection, 13.14. Bir.. Wol., and Str. Val all 8 11/ The Drawing Room. it Blythe and Tyne. 10 Bost.,Sleat,andMid.Co all 81 9 at Bristol and Exeter 10 Do A By command of the Queen, a d raw ing room was h e ld 50 st Caledonian .. ...”. 100 1181 1191 yesterday at St. James ' s Palace by her Royal Highness the . Cork and Bandon all 20 Cornwall all 6 7 Princess of Wales, on behalf of her Majesty. Presentation s IA gets no div all to her Royal Highness at thi s C our t a re, by the Q ueen ' s 1 0 Do II till6p c.p an. has all _ pleasure, to be considered as equivalent to presentations t o been paid to B. 50 Dublin & Belfast June. all 35 37 her Majesty. 15 Dtin., & Perth,&Ab. June. all 16 17 The Prince and Princess of W a l es , attended b the ladies it Edinburgh Glasgow. 100 88 90 y it Glasg. and S. Western. 100 101 106 and gentlemen in waiting, and escorted by a detachment of at tireatEasteru, Ord. stk 100 461 '7 461 t h e R oyal Horse Guards, proceeded from Marlborough- Dittos A stock st Ditto East/I,llolan at 100 61 71 house, and arrived at St. James's Palace at about 2 o'clock, et GreatNorthof Scotland 100 where their Royal Highnesses were received by the Mistress et Great Northern ...... st Do A stock at Do Bdo at Gt. S. an IW. of Irelan , ; 100 91 93 st Great Wester n Her Royal Highness the P r i n cess Mary of Cambridge ar st Do Str Val gun. stock 100 rived at the Palace, attended by Lady Geraldine Somerset st Lancashire & Yorkshire 150 1(91 110 1091 and Colonel H. Purves. at London and Blackwall 100 64 66 et Lou.,right.,& S. Coast 100 101 103 102 1 Their Royal Highnesses the Grand Duke and Grand et at Lon. & Nor' h Western 100 1( 91 110 at Lon. & So%th Western 100 97 98 97 1 Caroline Cust and Baron Plesson. at Man., Shef., & Lincoln. 100 531 54 531 His Royal Highness the Duke of Cambridge arrived, 60 Maryport and Carlisle. all attended by his Equerry, Colonel Tyrwhitt. 12 1 Dot shares ,. all et Metropolitan all 1,2 113 111 1 101 His Serene Highness Prince Edward of Saxe-Weimar st Midland Do New at Do Birming. & Derby 100 100 1(2 Her Majesty's Body Guard of the Honourable Corps of 50 Mid. Gt. W. of Ireland all Gentlemen at Arms was on duty in the state saloons, under 25 Do. 1 shares 25 Slid Kent 10 Do Cray Line at North British on duty under the command of C o lonel Bourke, the Exon at Edin., Perth, & Dundee 100 241 251 251 at Nth. Eastern—Berwick 100 101 101/ in Waiting. 25 Do, G.N.E. purchase 16.13.4 —4, Her Royal Highness the Princess of Wales took her sta et Do Leeds lOO 564 671 56 it Do York it Do Car1i51e........„ 100 Wales and the other members of the Royal Family. st North London 1 0 Do New 1 5,16.4 North Staffordshire 10 N. and S. W. Junction all 101 111 Marchioness of Ely, the Countess of Caledon, the Vis at Scottish Central at Scot N. E., Aber. stock 100 39 40 countess Jocelyn, and the Lady Churchill in Waiting, at Do Scot. Mid. stock lOO Ladies of tho Bedchamber to the Queen ; the Lady Char -10 Shrews. and Welchpool all st Shropshire Union st South Devon ..... 100 33 35 chamber Women to the Queen; st South Wales st South Eastern Lady of the Bedchamber to the Princess of Wales; the at S. York. and River Dun 100 103 105 Hon. Mrs. William C. Grey, Bedchamber Woman to the 20 staines,Wok.,andWok. all 8 0 Princess of Wales ; the Hon. Lucy Maria Kerr, the Hon. 25 Stockton & Darlington all 161 371 25 Do l7 9i 10 , Caroline Fanny Cavendish, the Hon. Horatio Charlotte 25 Do New, 1865 lO 8 81 t, Stopford, the Hon. Harriett Phipps, with the Hon. Emily at Taff Vale,. ........ 10 Do B 8 5 7 t Cathcart and the Hon. Emma Lascelles in Waiting, Maids 10 Ulster Do C all .. 3 3 4 p o f H onour t o th e Queen; t h e E ar l of St. Germans, Lor d ( 50 25 Do 12.10 Do 5l count Torrington, Lord in Waiting to the Queen; Colonel st Vale of Neath at Victoria sta. and Pim lOO at Waterford & Kilkenny 100 Major-General F. H. Seymour, Equerry in Waiting to the it West Cornwall lOO Queen ; Lord Proby, Controller of the Q ueen ' s H ouse h o ld st W. Hartlepool Har.&R , 100 st West Midland -Oxfordl 100 Viscount Castlerosse, Vice-Chamberlain; the Marquis of et st Do Herefor Do Newport' 100 —— 00 Abercorn, acting for Earl Spencer, Groom of th e St o l e to d I his Royal Highness the Prince of Wales; Lieut.-General Knollys, Controller and Treasurer of the Prince's House- BRITISH POSSESSIONS. hold; Lord Harris. Chamberlain to her Royal Highness Closing the Princess of Wales ; Lord Alfred Hervey, Lord of the Share Railways Paid. Price._ B__usiness done Bedchamber to the Prince of Wales ; the H on . R o b er t H. Do Letlentio &St tawrence all 09 60 Meade, Meade, Groom of the Bedchamber to the Prince of "Wales; 8k Bom.,Baroda&.Cent Ind 100 1021 031 102 1 ( Gu. 5 per cent.. Major Teesdale, Equerry to the Prince of 'Wales; and Mr. 20 Do. New . 20 Do. E. Shares... 7l Id 1 p 2 , (: . ) , 1 Buffalo and Lake Huron all 1 , 1 61 6 k Queen. Share Atlantic & St Lawrence Born.,Baroda&.Cent Ind Gu. 5 per cent.. Do. New . Do. E. Shares... Buffalo and Lake Huron Do. Preference Buffalo,BrantotGodrich 6 p. et. bds. Aug . 1, 1872 Do. do. July 1, 1873 Do. do. June 1, 1879 Cloutta.&S.Eastn.CLioi, Cape Town Dock Scrii Eastn. Bengal gu. 5 p. East Indian. gu. 5 p. c Do. do. G Ext..., stook steel: stock 100 100 100 100 Do. do. H do. .. Grand Trunk of Canada Do. Ist Pref. Bonds.. Do. do. deferred...—. Do. 2d Pref. Bonds.. Do. do. deferred...... Do. 3d Pi ef. stock ... Do. do. deferred...... Do. 4th Pref. stock... Do. do. deferred...... GLlndtaPenin.gua.sp.c Do. New gua. 5 p. c... Do. January, 1862 Gt. South.of India (Lim guaranteed 5 per cent. Gt. NV, of Canada Share 100 stook stook Do. New ... •• • Do. 6 p.c. '73 with't opt. Do. 5i p. c. do. '77-8.... Indian Branch Limited Madriss. guar., 5 p. c. Do. 41 p. o. Extension stock stook stock 29 stock De. - Do. Fifth Extension. illelb.Corp. a p. 0. Bnds. nelb. & Hobson's Bay. Do. 7 p. e. Mortg. Bds. Newßrur,swiok a Caudal Class A and B. Rl.C'daB pa let pi bds Seinde .......... Do. .....1 4 Do. do • g Do. Punjaub Do. Do. , Do. In dus.S t. Flo.) 7i all all 100 id p 61 8i 14 77 82 77 88 77 82 100 102 99 101 103 105 1031 1043 2u 2U 71 73 61 63 61 63 51 63 48 50 40 42 26* 271 23 C 6 103 104 1 I 100 100 100 100 100 100 all 100 (100 ' 100 2 all 1 130 100 102 103 101 10i 100.0 6 94 95 83 85 IP 101 i )021 95 97 90 94 58 60 1031 4 Her Royal Highness the Princess of Wales wore a train of rich black silk, trimmed with crape and jet ornaments; a petticoat of black silk covered wita crape and bouillonnees of black tulle, ornamented with jet stars and butterflies; head dress, tiara of jet with black feathers and veile. Hez Royal Highness the Princess Mary of Cambridge wore a train of rich black corded silk, trimmed with ruches of silk point d'Alencon and bouquet of silver whEatears ; a petticoat of black silk covered with tulle, trimmed with point d'Alencon and silver wheatears ; head dress, a diadem of diamonds mounted with silver wheatears, feathers, and silver tulle veil ; stomacher, necklalte, and earrings of pearls and diamonds. 251 103 21 31 Her Royal Highness the Grand Duchess of Meeklen burg-Strelitz wore a black satin train, trimmed with lace; a petticoat of moire antique, trimmed with rich lace and satin riband; a stomacher of pearls and diamonds, a dia mond necklace, and a diamond of pearls and diamonds, with white feathers and white veil. 3 6 82 84 102} 103 j 101 104 1 102 10 P iP stock) stock stook 95 97 101} 1001 COLONIAL GOVERNMENT SECURITIES. - ktu.Oov. 6 p.c.Ja ttJul,! 1877-84 100 103 105 Do. ap. c. Feb. & Aug. 100 102 104 I Do. 6p. & Sept. 100 102 104 Do. sp. c. Jan.&July. 10C 90 92 90 Do. 5 Inscribed stock 100 89 91 Cape G.Hope, 6p 0,1873 100 106 108 Do.Ap & Oct. 1880 100 107 109 Do. 1890 100 108 110 - ,Do. Jan. & July, 1891.. 103 110 112 ,Ceylon, N0v.1878, 6p c 100 105 107 , Idaurltlus 6 per cent .. 100 196 108 'Natal Gov. 6 per cent.. 100 196 108 -- N.13.G0v.6p.c.J a..t.July 100 102 104 Do. 6p. e.Ap. & Oot. 100 N. S. Y. Gov. 6 p 186( 100 904 100 i Du. sp. 04841 to 1:17C 100 99 101 Do. d0.,1888 &upwds 100 99 101 991 - New Zealand 6 p cent. 100 103 111 Nova Scotia Gov. 6p. o. I sterling, 1875. lOO 104 106 Queensland Gcv. 6p. c. 100 :3.Aus G6p.c.187a& up.. 100 110 112 VIO.Gov. 6 p.c. Ja 4 Wuly 100 - Do. lo 6 lax. itn..tOct.. 100 107} 1084 1074 f Id 30 32 650 660 66 68 30 31, 6i 7 3f 4} 7 9 2k 3k 34 36 10 10k AG 38 3k 18 N 4f 5} 83 93 li 11 11 2} 4i 5 His Royal Highness the Pritce of Wales wore the uniform of the 10th Hussars, of which regiment his Royal Highnesss is colonel, with the order of the Garter and the Star of India. The Foreign Ambassadors and Ministers having been introduced in the order of their precedence, the following had the honour of being presented to her Royal Highness the Princess of Wales, on behalf of her Majesty the Queen : By his Excellency the Austrian Ambassador—M. de Biegeleben, Privy Councillor to his Majesty the Emperor and Plenipotentiary. By his Excellency the Prussian Ambassador—M. de Balan, Actual Privy Councillor of the King and Plenipo tentiary. By the Danish Minister—Baron Holger de Rosenkrantz, Secretary to the Legation; Baron de Guldenkrone, Cham berlain to his Majesty the King. and Councillor of Lega tion; and Baron de Bertouch, Chamberlain to the King and Councillor of Legation. By the Right Hon, the Secretary of State—His Excel lency the Baron de Beust, Plenipotentiary of the Germanic Contederation. Oa this occasion the Lady Mary Wood officiated for the Countess Russell, and the Earl De Grey and Ripon offi ciated for Earl Russell. The diplomatic circle was attended by the Turkish Am bassador and Madame Musurus ; Khalil Effendi, First Se cretary of Embassy ; Etienne Musurus Bey, Secretary of Embassy ; and Paul Musurus Bey, Attache ; the Austrian Ambassador and the Countess Apponyi, Count Wimpffen, Councillor of Embassy ; Count Kalnoky, Secretary of Em bassy; Prince Paul Esterhazy, Prince Yzenberg, and Count A. Apponyi, Attaches; the Russian Ambassador and the Baroness de Brunnow, M. Sabouroff, Councillor of Embassy, Baron Freedericksz, Secretary of Embassy, and Baron B. de Vietinghoff Scheel, Attache; the Prussian Ambassador and M. Frederic de Matte, First Secretary of Embassy; the French Ambassador, the Marquis and Marquise de Cadore and the Vicomte do Virel • the Belgian Minister, M. M. Delfosse, Councillor of Legation; and Baron E. Whettnal, Attache ; the Italian Minister and Count Miffei, First Secretary of Legation; the Portuguese Minister, and the Chevalier Santos, Secretary; the Saxon Minister, the Danish Minister (M. de Bille), M. de Quaade, de Krieger, M. C. A. Gosch and Madame A. Gosoh ; the United States' Minister, with Mrs. Adams, and Mr Benjamin Morgan, Second Secretary of Legation; the Swedish and Norwegian Minister and the Countess Waoht meister ; the Netherlands Minister and Baron Mackay, Attache ; the Peruvian Minister, the Spanish Minister, M a d a me de Corayn, and the Duke de Granada, Attache; the Haytian Minister, the Hanoverian Charge d'Affaires, M. C. Tricoupi, the Greek Plenipotentiary; the two Pleni potentiaries from Madagascar, with their interpreter, the Rev. John Duffas ; the Earl de Grey and Ripon, Secretary of State for War ; and the Hon. Sir Edward Cast, K.C,11., Master of the Ceremonies to the Queen. Her Excellency ►he Countess of Bernstoff was unable to attend the Drawing-room, not quite having recovered from her late illness, The Baron and Baroness de Cetto were also unable to attend by reason of the recent death of her Imperial and Royal Highness the late Princess of Luitpold of Bavaria. 1071 I _ ROYAL ITALIAN OPERA. —Their Royal High nesses the Prince and Princess of Wales honoured the performances at the Royal Italian Opera with their presence last evening at the repetition of "Un Ballo in Maschera." Their Royal Highnesses were accompanied by her Royal Highness the Duchess of Cambridge. the part withy occupying her Majesty's box. f ashionable company, among . Grand Duchess of :M eckle nburg-Strelitz, and the Princess The Mar house theillustrious was crowded whom were observed th e D uke and Duchess of Richmond and the Ladies Gordon L en nox, the Duke of Montrose and Lady Agnes Murray, the P rince de la Tour d'Auvergne, the Countess Dowager of Westmoreland, the Earl of Coventry, the Earl and Countess of Uxbridge, the Earl and Countess of Westmoreland, the French Ambassador, the Earl and Countess of Hopetoun, the Duke of Granada, Colonel the Hon. James Macdonald and Mrs. Macdonald and the Hon. Miss Blake, Lord and Lady Stanley of Alder ley and the Hon. Misses Stanley, Lady Geraldine Somerset and the Hon. Mrs. Grey, Hon. Mr. and Mrs. R. Curzon, Captain and Lady Edith Abney Hasting s , L or d and Lady Wodehouse, the Belgian Minister, Lady Langdale, Lady Molesworth, &c. SPECIAL CORRESPONDENTS AT COPENHAGEN, THE SEAT OF WAR 11 , 1 DENMARK.—Tones, Gallenga ; Daily Neter, Skinner; Daily Telegraph, Dicey ; Sieele, O. Commettant ; Tatrie, D'Arnoult ; Opinion Nationale, Louis Noir ; Monitor de l'Armie, Fe'vrier. PERILS OF PLAY-WRITING.—It is a favourite theory with some people, that any one capable of writing a good story is necessarily competent to produce a good play. No greater mistake can be made. When we have named Fielding, Goldsmith, Hook, Mitford, Jerrold, Inch bald,Bulwer,and Reads, we have we think exhausted the list of writers successful in both walks of literature. Indeed,there is no comparison in the risk of failure in the two cases. A novelist may achieve success spite of a few badly-drawn characters, a dull chapter or two, a poor plot, or an unsa tisfactory denouement. But ono poor scene, one obnoxious character, one weak situation, will suffice to ruin a play. An unlucky sentence even has sometimes brought a piece to grief. Dryden is said to have lost his author's night on one occasion by making his heroine say—" My wound is great because it is so small," and affording the Duke of Buckingham the opportunity of displaying his wit, by ejaculating, " Then 'would be greater were it none at all I" And a tragedy, in which Garrick played an aged king, proceeded safely through four acts, till the monarch, when dying, diT , ided his realm between his two sons, with the words, " Between you I bequeath ray crown;" upon which a malicious pittite exclaimed, " Ye gods, he's given them half-a-crown apiece I" after which no more of the tragedy Was heard.—Chambers's Journal, THE SUN, LONDON, WEDNESDAY EVENING, MAY 4, 1864. aka . tionirt at. Wreck of the City of New York, CORK, Monday. The judgment of the Court of Inquiry into the wreck of this vessel was delivered to-day in the following terms by Mr. Cronin, R.M. "The Court in this important case having given the greatest consideration to and carefully weighed the evidence, as well as the documents and state ments on behalf of the master, James Kennedy, finds it its painful but imperative duty to give judgment that the late steamship City of New York was lost upon Daunt's Rock by the dsfault of the master, James Kennedy, inasmuch as, having the choice of two channels, one clear and open, with three lights to direct him, the other narrow and contracted, and without sufficient marks, and on:y the eye to guide him at night, he preferred the latter, thereby accepting the responsibility and risk of his ship. Nor was he, in the opinion of the Court, justified in running at such a high rate of speed without having seen the buoy, he having at the time the rock between him and the buoy. A misconception, therefore, of the distance from land and his proximity to the rock resulted in the loss of his ship and the imminent peril and danger to human life. However, the Court, tak ing into consideration the high character of Copt. Kennedy, is not disposed to pass too severe a sen tence in his case as it might otherwise have been induced to pronounce. It is allowed Capt. Ken nedy's hitherto successful career to have due weight in apportioning sentence, but the duty of the Court to the public makes it incumbent on it to mark its sense of the captain's conduct in running unneces sary risk where human life and individual pro perty was at stake. The sentence of the Court, tlerefore, is that the certificate of James Kennedy be suspended, and it is hereby suspended, for eight months from this date—namely, until the 31st of December, 1864." Mr. Justin M'Cartie, counsel for Captain Ken nedy, said ft most important piece of evidence might have been given at the inquiry, but it did not come to his knowledge untii about 10 minutes after the proceedings terminated on Saturday. It was, that the captain of the Great Eastern brought her into Cork Harbour at night through the channel inside Daunt's Rock, and that at a time when her machinery was disabled and her steering gear bad. Mr. Cronin —We are only giving judgment on the evidence before us. Mr. M'Cartie—l now give notice that we intend to appeal. It is' generally thought that an appeal to the Board of Trade in these cases is merely one from the employes to the employers, but that is the only course left open to us according to the consti tution, and that course we will adopt. With this notice the proceedings terminated. SHARE MARKETS—This day. Share/ Rail Ways. I Paid, I ORDINARY SHARES AND STOOKS. Closing Business Price. done. BRITISH MINES. uauturian Consol. Gold ellitord Amalgamated ' Devon G. Cone. (Tavist ) East Bassett (Illogan) East Clogau Gold Ltd East Caradon ...... • • • • East Cana Brea... E. W'l Russel (Tavistk.) Gam.&St.Aubyn(Gwen , 'Great South Tolgus G. Wheal Vor (idelston, Grenville .. Hem-We-Foot Hingston Downs Lady Bertha Margaret (tiny Lelant Ylarke Valley.. Myndy Iron Oro (Lim ) New Setun North Downs N.Wh'i Basset (Illo;fan North Wheal Crotty Par Consols (M. Blaze, ) l'rovidenoe (Uny Lelnt.) South Caradon(St.Cleer, S. Carn Brea (Illogan) Wheal Vran. (Illog‘an, Stray Park ramar Sil v. & Lead Min rin Crort West Basset (Illogan) W Cr radon (Lisk ear d) West Seto Wheal Basset (Illogan) Wheal Buller(Redruth) Wheal Kitty (U.Lelant) WhealLudeott Wheal Mary Ann (Lien ) Wheal Beton , Wheal Treiawney (Lis ) , Wheal Union 21 3.1.0 2.6.9 1007 41 43 450 470 40 50 31 33 118.1R.4' 130.17.6 47} . 2.0.6 3.5.8 8 58} 7 3.17 18 19 9 10 19 21 2CO 210 90 95 35 40 2 2i 11 14 1074 202 i, 24 24 2 2i LINES LEASED AT FIXED RENTALS. Midland Bradford pref. stock, 91 FOREIGN RAILWAYS. Antwerp and Rotterdam, 9a San Paulo (lira.), gua. 7 per cent., Ditto (all), 191 FOREIGN MINES. Mont, Aureos Brazil Gold Min. Co., 2; if BANKS. Alliance (Urn.), 62 59 Ditto, new, 50 Anglo Austrian, 63 Bank of Egypt, 293 Brazilian and Portuguese, lint., 13 3 123 British and American Exchange (lint.), 33 4 City, 135 Consolidated Bank, lim., 11 Continental, lim., 17 European Bank, lim. 123 Imperial Bank 49 Imperial Ottoman, 203 3 Land Mortgage Bank of India, Um., 6 London and Colonial (Um.), 16 London and County, 64 London Joint Stock, 46 3 London and South African, 26} London and 11 estminster, 943 Merchant Bank, lim., 211 if Mercantile and Exchange. Um., 18 Metropolitan and Provincial Bank, Rm., 333 23 Mexican, lim., Scinde, Punjab, and Delhi, Rm., 101 South Eastern, lim., 53 3 Standard of British South Africa (Um), 323 Union of London, 57 6 MISCELLANEOUS. Credit Mobi 10 Egyptian Com. and Trading, Bra., lf Fore-street Warehouse, lim., 5 Gen. Credit and Finalize of London, Um., Of Hudson's Bay, 1/ 19 Imperial Financial, lim., 101 ; International Financial Society, lim., 11 101 Joint Stock Discount, lim., 7} f Land Securities, lim., 5 London Financial Association, BM, Ditto, new, 15} National Discount Company, lim., 13f Peninsula and Oriental Stcam, Ditto, new, 501 Smith, Knight, and Co., lim., 6 for money Thames and Mersey Marine (Insurance), lim., 61 The Price of Gold. The quotation of gold at Paris is about 1 per mills pm., and the short exchange on London is 25.171 per £1 sterling. On comparing these rates with the English Mint price of £3 17s. lOid. per ounce for standard gold, it appears that gold is nearly 1-10th per cent. dearer in Paris than London. By advises fromllamburg the price of gold is 4231 per mark and the short exchange on London is 13.41 per £1 sterling. Standard gold at the English Mint prioe is, therefore, rather more than 1-10th per cent. dearer in London than in Ham burg. The course of exchange at New York on London for bills a 60 days' sight is about 182 per cent., and the premium on gold is about Co per cent. At these rates there is no profit on the importation of gold from the United States. Fearful Weather in the Atlantic. The latest advices received from New York re port the prevalence of very heavy weather it the Atlantic. Several vessels which had left that port had returned in a disabled state, while the arrivals from Europe also reported having encountered fearful weather. The ship Henry, which left New York for Rotterdam March 19, encountered a suc cession of heavy N. and N,E. gales from the time of her departure ; and on the sth of April, in lat. 30 18, long. 59 44, daring a gale from the E.N.E. wt.s struck by a tremendous sea, which stove in the bow, carried away the bulwarks on . both sides, swept the decks of everything moveable, stove the boats, forward hatch, and caused the vessel to spring a leak. The ship E. C. Scranton, which left New York on the 19th March, for Liverpool, re• turned on the 14th April, having, or the 23d and 24th April, in lat. 38, long. 69, experienced a heavy gale from E.N.E. to E.S.E. While lying to, she was thrown on her beam end•. On the 24th she bore up for New York with three feet of water in the ha:el and pumps choked with grain. She was obliged to throw a considerable portion of the cargo overboard to right her. After that she ex perienced a succession of heavy E.N.E. gales; was blown south of the Gulf, but crossed the Gulf again in lat. 36 30, with loss of sails, &c., the ship leaking very badly. The barque Baltasaia, which left New York for Glasgow on the 22d March, returned on the 18th April, having experienced the late easterly gales in all their severity. Captain M'Bride, of the British ship Czar, which arrived at New York on the 18th ult. from London, reports hating encountered heavy gales, in one of which the ship lost all her masts, sails, &o. The captain adds :—" I was in great danger when I was fallen in with by the Russian steam frigate Osliaba, Captain Bontatoff, who, after offering every assistance, took us in tow, and promised to stand to us until all his coals were out. At this time it was blowing a north-east gale, which circumstance increased the difficulty of taking warps on board, but Ow exertions of Captain Boutatoff and his crew were most praiseworthy. At last he succeeded in getting the warps on board, and it was not until that parted that he left us. I take this opportunity of expressing my thanks to Captain Boutatoff and officers for their kind and generous conduct." THE POPE'S ALLOCUTION TO THE EMPEROR OF MEXICO.—The Unita Cattalica gives the following as the allocution addressed by the Pope to the Emperor and Empress of Mexico, in the chapel of the Vatican, before giving them communion :—" Behold the lamb of God, who taketh away the sins of the world. It is through him that kings reign and princes rule. It is through Him that legis lators administer justice, and though He sometimes permits monarchs to be tried, yet it is from him that all power comes from Him to whom all power in Heaven and earth has been given. In his name I recommend to you the prosperity of the Catholic people who have been entrusted to you. Great are the rights of the people, and they must be satisfied, but greater and more sacred are the rights of the Church, the spotless spouse of Jesus Christ, who has re deen,:ed us with his blood—that blood which is now to crimson your lips. You will, therefore, respect the rights of the peop:e and of the Church, and will thus labour for the temporal at:d spiritual welfare of your subjects. May this Jesus whom > - ou are about to receive from the hands of his vicar deign to g :ve you his grace in the abundance of his mercy !" BLACKFRIARS' BRIDO.I.—We are informed that the real cause of the delay i n o pening the new temporary bridge at Blackfriars for traffic is, that although it has been completed by Messrs. Rennie and Logan in an approved manner, and the tenders sent in and disposed of for re moving the old one, and the securities in the latter case approved of, still the contract for the due performance of this part of the work had not up to yesterday evening been signed, and therefore that until that part of the matter is accomplished the temporary bridge must necessarily remain unopened, THE FEDERAL NAVY.--The Navy' Register fir 1864, which has been issued, is brought down to the middle of March, at which date there were GO vessels of all classes in the navy, 432 of them steamers, and 74 iron dads and rams. The naval force is divided into nine blued. rons,—namely, the North Atlantic, under command of Acting Rear Admiral Lee—the South Atlantic, under Rear Admiral Dahlgren—the East Gulf, under Acting Rear Admiral Bailey—the West Gulf, under Rear Admiral Farragut—the Mississippi, under Rear Admiral Porter— the Special West India, under Acting Rear Admiral Lard ner—the Pacific, under Acting Rear Admiral Bell—the East India and Mediterranean, and the Potomac Flotilla. The total number of naval vessels lost, captured, destroyed, or sold since the beginning of the war is 42. Of these 11 fell into the hands of the Confederates, —namely, the Clifton, Diana, Harriet Lane, Indianola, Isaac Smith, Morning Light, Reliance, Sachem, Satellite, Underwriter, and Velocity.—American raper. HEAT AND MOONLIGHT.—Some time ago, a body of sages had a long discussion, and wrote numerous treatises, to explain why it was that a lump of metal, if laid on water, would sink to the bottom, while, if it were beaten out into a sheet, it would float. The theories were very plausible, though they were opposed to one another. At last tt occurred to one of the sages to suggest that it would be well to ascertain by actual experiment if it were really the fact that the metal would float under the circumstances stated. Accordingly, a vessel of water was brought, a sheet of the metal was laid on it, and it very soon lay at the bot tom. An example of the kind is furnished by Toaldo, the Italian meteorologist, who, to account for the belief current among wine. growers, that wino, the making of which is begun in the old moon and finished in the new, is never clear nor of good quality, attributes it to the circumstances that the absence of the lunar rays, by lowering the tempera ture of the air, checks the fermentation. Now, if it had occurred to him to expose the delicate thermometer to the full light of the moon shining Ntith its greatest lustre, he would have found that the mercury was not elevated a hair's breadth ; neither would it have been, if he had exposed it in the focus of her rays, concentrated by the most powerful lenses. This has been proved by actual experiment. — Dickens's "All the Year Round," published today. LONDON GAZETTE.—Last Evening. LORD CHAMBERLAIN'S-OFFICE, MAY 3. Notice is hereby given, that the State Apartments of Windsor Castle will be closed on and after Saturday next, the 7th instant, until further orders. WAR OFFICE, PALL MALL, MAY 3. 17th Lancers—Cornet William Watt, from Ist Dragoons, to be Cornet, vice William Rose Wynter, transferred to 7th Hussars. Royal Artillery—The Brevet rank of Lieut.-Colonel E. B. Hamley is Colonel, not Lieutenant-Colonel, as stated in Gazette of 19th ult.—Second Captain Frederick Thomas Whinyates to be Captain, vice Brevet Lieut.-Colonel William George Le Mesurier, C. 8., deceased—Lieut. James Charles Cavendish to be Second Captain, vice Whinyates—Lieut. Robert Sandham to be Second Cap tain, vice Osw , tld Carr, placed upon temporary half-pay —Gentleman Cadet Richard Francis Williams to be Lieutenant, vice Cavendish—Gentleman Cadet Edmund William Cripps to be Lieutenant, vice Sandhatn. Royal Engineers—Gentleman Cadet Richard Calrow to be Lieutenant, with temporary rank, vice Gifford, de- ceased. Ist Regiment of Foot—Ensign Luke Norman to be Lieu tenant, by purchase, vice Percy Bingham Schreiber, who retires—Bertram Eustrace Mitford, Gent,, to be Ensign, by purchase, vice Norman. 2d Foot—Lieutenant Henry Waring to be Captain, by pur chase, vice George F. Francis Horwood, who retires — Ensign WilliAm Mackie to be Lieutenant, by purchase, vice Waring—Nicholas William Tindal Bosanquet, Gent., to be Ensign, by purchase, vice Mackie. 6th Foot—Lieutenant James George Cockburn to be Cap tain, by purchase, vice James Henry Patrickson, who retires—Ensign William Harrison Falcon to be Lieu tenant, by purchase, vice Cockburn—Frederick Leigh Grundy, Gent., to b. Ensign, by purchase, vice Falcon. 10th Foot—Lieutenant Richard Johnson to be Captain, by purchase, vice the Hon. Charles C. Chetwynd, who re tires—Ensign Edmund James Young Armstrong to be Lieutenant, by purchase, vice Johnson—Henry Charles Hinxman, Gent., to be Ensign, by purchase, vice Arm strong. 11th Foot—Assistant-Surgeon Robert Thomas Scott, from the 73d Foot, to be Assistant-Surgeon, vice Francis H. Macfadin, who exchanges. 12th Foot—Quartermaster Thomas Huddlestone to be Pay master, vice J. Parr Kingsmill. 24th Foot—LieutenantWalter Bernardino Logan to be Cap tain, without purchase, vice Henry Macdonald Burns, deceased—Ensign Thomas Carroll Dempster to be Lieu tenant, without purchase, vice Logan—Ensign Alfred James Godfrey to be Lieutenant, by purchase, vice Charles William Story, who retires—John Beresford Hammond, Gent, to be Ensign, by purchase, vice God frey—Frederick Carrington, Gent., to be Ensign, by purchase, vice John Hastings Otway, who retires. 28th Foot—Lieutenant Thomas Horniblow to be Inspector of Musketry, vice Lieutenant It. B. Singer, who has re signed the appointment. 37th Foot—Lieutenant S. Lavalliere Curgenven to be Cap tain, by purchase, vice William Henry Parry, who re tires—Ensign John De Rune Dick to be Lieutenant, by purchase, vice Curgenven— Charles Stewart Hardy, Gent., to be Ensign by purchase, vice Dick. 40th Foot—William Henry Browne, Gent., to be Ensign, without purchase, vice George Franklin, transferred to the 98th Foot. 53d Foot—Lieutenant Richard Annesley Eyre to be Cap tain, without purchase, vice William F. Adams Colman, promoted—Ensign William Ainsworth to be Lieutenant, without purchase, vice Eyre. 64th Foot—Lieutenant Charles Henry Laprimandaye to be Captain, by purchase, vice Standish de Courcy O'Grady, who retires—Ensign . John Woulfe Keogh to be Lieu . tenant, by purchase, vice Laprim andaye Charles Stevens Ward, Gent., to be Ensign, by purchase, vice Keogh. 73d Foot—Assistant •Surgeon Francis Henry Mactadin, from l lth Fcot, to be Assistant-Surgeon, vice Robert Thomas Scott, who exchanges. 84th Foot—Ensign George Edward Montagu to be Lieu tenant, without purchase, vice Henry Shawe Jones, deceased. 91st Foot—Ensign William Darling Caudwell to be Lieu tenant, without purchase, vice Robert Powell Jones, deceased—Ensign James Thomas Rogers to be Lieu• tenant, by purchase, vice William Darling Caudwell, whose promotion, by purchase, on sth April, 1864, has been cancelled—Ensign George Upperton, from 3d Foot, to be Ensign, vice Rogers—Stsff Surgeon Major John Summers M.D., to be Surgeon, vice Surgeon. Major Miah William Murphy, appointed to the Staff. 98th Foot—Lieut. Ernest Wolseley De Lousada, from the Bengal Staff Corps, to be Lieutenant, vice Thomas R. Devereux Bingham, who exchanges. 4th West India Regiment—Lieut. John Atkinson has been permitted to retire from the service by the sale of his Commission. DEPOT BATTALION.—Captain Richard C. H. Germon, 9th Foot, to be Instructor of Musketry, vice Captain Charles Caldwell Grantham, 9th Foot, whose term of service in that capacity has expired. STAFF.---Colonel Gloucester Gambier, C. 8., to be Deputy- Adjutant of the Royal Artillery, vice Colonel Charles Bingham, deceased. MEDICAL DEPARTMENT.—Surgeon-Major Miah William Murphy, from the 91st Foot, to be Staff Surgeon-Major, vice John Summers, M.D., appointed to 91st Foot. BREVET. Paymaster, with the honorary rank of Captain, William Fortescue Scott, 20th Foot, to have the honorary rank of Major. Assistant-Surgeon Thomas Lowe, Madras Medical Es tablishment, to be Surgeon. MEMORANDA. Her Majesty has been graciously pleased to approve of the 91st Foot resuming the appellation of the 91st Argyl shire Highlanders, and being clothed and equipped as a non-kilted Highland corps, as follows : Tunic—as worn in all Highland Regiments. Trews—of the Campbell Tartan. Chaco—Blue cloth, with diced band and black braid. Forage Cap—Kilmarnock, with diced band. Tho Officers to wear plaids and claymores. The alteration of the dress is to take place from Ist April, 1865. The white waistcoat with sleeves, issued to other High land Regiments, will not be worn by the 91st Foot. Lieut.-Col. Francis Beckford Ward, half-pay late Royal Artillery, has been permitted to retire from the service by the sale of his commission, under the conditions of the Horse Guards Circular Memorandum of Feb. 16, 1861, BANKRUPTS. The following are the only bankrupts of aommenial im. portance in the Gazette : Henry Hewland, butcher, Kingston-upon-Hull Wm. Elliott, joiner, Gateshead Charles Newitt, broker, Theme John Harrison, innkeeper, Stockport William Jackson, joiner, Tranmere, Chester Samuel Howe, builder, Great Portland-street Wm. H. Dod, auctioneer, Farringdon-road Thomas Gilliam, innkeeper, Mitcham John Edwin Shaw, tailor, Fleet-street Andrew Farr Phillips, publican, Edgware-road William Colyer, grocer, Limehouse Robert Legg, coal merchant, Farnham Thomas Clarke, lime burner, Morcott, Rutlandshire Joseph Smith, coppersmith, Birmingham Richard Martins, cattle salesman, Tottenham John Ewell, clerk, Sandwich, Kent Joseph Phillips, tailor, High-street, Poplar Henry M•Rorie, coachbuilder, Boston, Lincolnshire Thomas Monck, fishmonger, High-street, Portsmouth Thomas Dent, fruiterer, Wolverhampton Richard Smith, plumber, &c., Chichester William Richardson, publican, &c., Goldsworth, Woking Jacob Ridley, butcher, Newbiggin, Cumberland Robert Story, carpenter, Newcastle-upon-Tyne William J. Garrard, commercial traveller, Halstead, Essex Joseph Ivens, carpenter, Clifton, Warwickshire SCOTCH BANKRUPTS. Walter G. Haig, grocer, Glasgow John R. Hunter, china merchant, Inverness Course of the Exchange.---Yesterday. Amsterdam Ditto Rotterdam — 12 0 Antwerp.. Brussels — 25 571 Hamburgh — 13 91 Paris .. Short. 25 221 Ditto Marseilles Frankfort on Maine - 1191 Vienna Trieste Petersburgh Berlin Madrid Cadiz Leghorn Milan Genoa Naples Palermo Messina Lisbon 0p0rt0.... . Foreign Gold in Bars (Standard), per 0z.... £3 17 9 Mexican Dollars ' 11 175 12 O 12 Ot 25 624 25 621 13 10 25 30 25 774 25 775 119 f 11 95 11 95 934 455 485 2.5 75 25 775 25 771 28 82/ 26 825 2.5 821 62 62 447 474 25 70 25 72} 25 72± 25 77i 25 77i 25 77# 51 516. Silver in Bars (Standard) SHIPPING-THIS DAY. LONDON, May 4.—Wind this day at noon—South- East; moderate breeze and showery. FALMOUTH, May 4.—Arrived—Dunkeld, from Havan nah, leaky. CLYDE, May 2.—Arrived—Tay, from Savannah. Sailed—Beautiful Star, for Otago, N.Z.—Jane Henderson, for Rangoon. PORTSMOUTH, May 3.—Wind W.N.W.—Arrived— Gustav Adolphe, from Gothenburg for the Cape of Good Hope. NEWPORT, May 3.—Wind N.W,—Sailed—Adler, for Bermuda. BRISTOL, May 2.—Wind N.W.—Arrived—Francis Richard, from Rio Grande. BY MAGNETIC TELEGRAPH. GRAVESEND, Wednesday Morning. Arrived, May 3.—Sibyl, from Catania—Courier, from Aarhuus—Thor and Bollona, from Corfu—Catalina, from Porto Rico—Pauline, IVilhelmina, and May Excel—all from Geno—Heroine, from Terceira—Babthorp, from Alexandria—Marys, from Guernsey—Ocean Breeze, from Algiers—Peri, from Leghorn. DEAL, Wednesday Morning. Several vessels•arrived in. No numbers made. Wind too strong for boarding. Sailed,—H.M. yacht Osborne, and Liverpool, f or t h e River. m plentiful in t he North Devon rivers h a ill soon bo sold f or 6d er 8d per l b . FATAL COLLIERY EXP LOSION .- 0a M on d ay ithat it I t is part a O c r o N t n o i s f i s d t e s the o i t u wtry n. morning, about half-past six o'clock, an explosion of sulphur took place at the pit known as the " White Pit," at the Brownhills Colliery, belonging to Mr. W. Harrison, by which two persons were almost instantaneously hurried into eternity, and at least eight others were injured, some so seriously that fatal results are looked upon as probable, if, indeed, death has not already taken place in two iustancea,.-Birinitighant Post. SPORTING INTELLIGENCE—Thin Day, YORK SPRING X Weights for the Londesbor, specie, added to a handicap Age st lb Hesper .. 6 9 0 Neophyte •• •• -• • • a 8 10 Gemma 5 8 8 Walloon Reindeer Borealis .4 8 5 Old Orange Girl .. 4 8 0 Cerintha Alchymist 4 7 101 Miss Armstrong Newmarket Newchurch . . 4 7 6 Flying Fish 4 7 6 Soapstone 4 7 4 Amelia Unfashionable Beauty Adonbec Amazonian Cistercian East Lancashire BY ELECTRI.," TELEGRAPH. CHESTER RACES.—Tars DAY. LATEST BETTING. CHESTER CUP. 4to 1 agat Accident (taken) 7to 1 agat Hersey filly (taken) Bto 1 agat Gordian Knot (taken) 9to 1 agst Change (taken) 12 to 1 agst Muezzin (taken): 100 to 8 agst Lord Zetland (taken) 16 to 1 agat Canary (taken) 20 to 1 agat Oldminster (taken) 25 to 1 agat Tippler (taken) 40 to 1 agst Flash-in-the Tan (taken) 50 to 1 agat Vacuna oolt (offered) 50 to 1 agst linutgord (offered) Scratched—Persuasion. Arrived—Farnham. .EETING-111Kr 10. atgll Cup, value 100 sovs in stakes of 5 sovs each. T.Y.C. Age st lb ?Venison Sauterello Count Cavour Light 3 6 9 Loater ...... • Cutaway Birkenhead . Waterloo Vanessa.... Oceola Coeur de Li on .. Windham 3 6 2 War Dance IBaktchi Serai . • Jeremy Diddler Carolus .. 3 5 13 Waugle Eye 3 5 12 Changeable Wheldrake Ess Bouquet 3 6 7 The Salford Borough Cup of 100 sovs, added to a handicap sweepstakes of 15 soya each. One mile and a half. Age st lb Twilight Oldminster Despair Change Fanfaron Revolver Double X .. 4 7 7 Trust 4 7 3 King Charming Newchurch East Lancashire Venison 4 6 121 Age st lb The Clown Persuasion Loafer Cherry Hill Mantrap .. 3 6 2 Surat .. 3 6 2 Dr. Rooke .. 3 6 1 Whitehorn 3 6 0 Llangollen 3 5 12 Madcap Faretra RACING FIXTU. Chester York Spring Salisbury.. Blayclon Radcliffe .ll • . 16 Wye Maidstone Ascot .. 7 Hampton l5 Newton Odiham Bibury Ju Newmarket July 5 Carlisle Pontefract Abingdon Cambridge Liverpool July Stamford Au , Brighton 2 Brighton Club Lewes 6 Huntingdon .. 9 Wolverhampton Reading Egham Oxford .. 18 SEPT Weymouth Warwick September 6 Leicester 8 Bridgwater Doncaster OCT , Bedford 4 Northallerton 6 Newmarket Second Oct lO Nov: Worcester Autumn .... 1 Shrewsbury Autumn .. 14 IRI AL Dover York August 25 Yarmouth Plymouth Lichfield Stocktcn Devon and Exeter Derby :MBER. Brecon Richmond Monmouth 22 Manchester Autumn Newmarket First October 27 'OBER. Lincoln Gloucester Newmarket Houghton 24 IBER. Leamington &War, Runt 22 SH. IY. Springhill 2 Cork Galway Hunt 3, 4 Tullamore Nenagh lO, 11 Tipperary 3O, 31 Curragh. ..... .... 23, 29, 30 IMPERIAL PARLIAMENT HOUSE OF COMMONS. ---This Day, g` The SPEAKER took the chair at 12 o'clock. BOILER, EXPLOSIONS. Mr. FAR RAND brought in a bill with reference to boiler explosions, which was read a first time. STREET MUSIC. Mr. BASS brought in a bill with reference to street music, which was read a first time. AUSTRIA AND DENMARK. Mr. D. GRIFFITH gave notice that on the 13th inst., on the motion for adjournment of the house for the Whit suntide holidays, he should call attention to the permission which had been given to the Austrian squadron to leave these shores and take up a position favourable for the fur ther prosecution of the war against Denmark without any practical check or supervision by means of the presence o f a British naval force. WEIGHTS AND MEASURES (METRIC SYSTEM) BILL. Mr. EWART moved that the house resolve itself hit committee on this bill. Mr. HUMBERSTONE said he did not believe the people of this country were prepared to give up their weights and measures to which they had long been accustomed, and measures bearing foreign names. If the house had just confined itself to a measure for making improvements in the weights and measures of this coun try, it would have re ceived.very properly general support. As to the measure now before the house he should say " no" to the proposi tion for going into committee. Mr. ADDERLEY thought great convenience would accrue to the commercial and trading community by the adoption of the metric system. The house had already twice adopted the principles of the bill, and he therefore hoped the measure would be allowed to go into committee. After a few words from Mr. D. GLETITH, the house went into committee on the bill. Clause 1 was agred to. On clause 2, _ _ Mr. M, GIBSON said the clause enacted that from and after this bill the metric system shall be legal, and may ba used for all purposes of weights and measures. He thought that was proceeding too fast, because no means of verifi cation had yet been introduced into the bill proposed to establish a new national standard. (Hear.) He thought for the present, the hon. gentleman having this bill in charge ought to rest satisfied with going the length of enacting that no contracts shall be deemed invalid in which the weights and measures therein mentioned referred to the metric system. He did not think that one single retail dealer in the country would go to the expense of providing himself with a set of metric weights and measures which, would cost him over 120, on the chance of a customer coming in and desiring to be served in litres and grams, in,. stead of ounces and pounds. (Hear, he ar.) Mr. AYRTON was of opinion th at steps ou ght to bo taken to disseminate information t o the public generally as to the metric system, before a mea sure of thi s d escription was passed into a law. He thought that What he proposed. might be done in about six months, ;:b:nniiNdithe understanding After some discussion, proposed that a clause should be intro ducedl d • glng contracts made in the said that, in the event of his preposition metr r i would waded , being agreed to, he undertake to publish a table of in an e ocial fcrm from the Board of Trade. equivalents c Mr. z wART eventually moved that the Chairman re-. intoM sy system; et GIBB ON c the bill. port, progres s, gr. Gibson) would do all in his power to meet that the right hon. The /notion was agreed to, and the Chairman accordingly reported progress, tgheenotlberso (I•EFT SITTING.) MADAME ALBONI.—It is understood that Madame Alboni has retired from " the profession," all too soon for those who delighted in her lovely voice and unim. peachable method. One of the ladies put forward to re place her, without right or reason, Madame Borghi-Mamo, is engaged (says the Gazette Musicale) to open the MIT opera house at Granada.—Athenceum. NEW BLACKFEIARS BRIDGE. -- The contract for the erection of the new bridge at Blackfriars has been given to Messrs. Thorn Brothers, of Westminster, whose estimate for the completion of the structure is £159,000. It is expected that the traffic over the present bridge will be stopped at an early date, when its demolition will at once begin. The temporary bridge and its approaches will be lit with seventy gas-lights, LORD'S CRICKET-GROUND.—The Prince of Wales has headed the subscription for rescuing Lord's Cricket-ground from the hands of the builder with a dona tion of 100 guineas. This liberal act was communicated by Lieutenant-General Knollys to Mr. R. A. Fitzgerald, the hon. sec. of the Marylebonc Cricket Club, in a letter ex pressing the interest of his Royal Highness in the national sport. The total sum required to be raised before the Ist June of is ii 12,600. [RES FOR 1864. Redditch l6 Bath Manchester (Summer Harpenden 2O Epsom 2 ,1 N. Beverley 22 Stockbridge Chelmsford 2B New Forest Hunt 2B Newcastle-on-Tyne 28 Worcester (Summer) Ipswich .. SLY. Nottingham Winchester l9 Southampton .. 2O Chesterfield King's Lynn 2l Goodwood OOO e•S 26 rUST.